Another month soon in the books
Geeeez..I just taught Eric our taxi driver that word..I was using it to express my extreme frustration with the banking system and bureaucracy here..
I lost my debit card and my credit card had a wrong pin number..I had maxed out my money on Bank of China...so I needed some spending money
I had to fill out a form......another of their forms .........because on my form from this institution it said Darryl Ralph Walls and the debit card request had only Darryl Walls...wooo hhhooooo...and that just would not do
I phoned my credit union in Herbert...tiny Herbert.... not to be confused with large Beijing where the financial denizens of the world live....simple...we will either take out the money in US dollars or RMB.....well RMB didn't work so they sent it the first day in US dollars to Beijing.......2 days later (a Monday) it was in China....now the story gets good....I checked the ATM at the school daily until Thursday...no money had been transferred......so I went to the supposed accountant who really isn't....... at least not in most people's eyes...who said OH, you have to take this ( a paper written in Chinese ???????) to the bank and they will give you the money........brain surgeon material......
I contacted Eric the cab driver and asked if he would accompany me to the Agricultural Bank of China and help with any transactions that would be needed....on my lunch break...
I stood in line with my little piece of paper, which I assumed said $430 American had been transferred into my account and I would be able to access it....the lady swiped my card and it said it only had RMB12.89.......I knew that...but of course...I had to look foolish and after standing in line for 15 minutes, I was not impressed.....Translation......You will have to go to another Agricultural Bank where they do these transactions....
Next Bank......I forgot the little piece of paper.....so one of their guards brings a Western Union form to allow me to bring money in to China.......I said I already had it here......left the building a little pissed and just wanted to go back to the school.....We went and got the piece of paper...walked back to the ABC and talked to the teller....I had to sign a piece of paper...she made a copy of it....then sent another sheet through a machine......I think we were up to about 7 pieces of paper by then......then said I would have to take it in US dollars..because they can't convert it and put it in your account.....fine give me the cash....which she proceeds to withdraw from ...get this.....a sports bag that was sitting on the floor....I get 4 100s and a 20 and 2 5s.......yes... and I leave....that means I have to go to another bank where they will accept this money and change it to RMB and then transfer that $ into my account......a trip to Beijing.......we leave....after 15 steps outside the building, we are pursued by one of the secrity guards and he asks us to return so that we can fill out another form in the exact same from as on the sheer of paper that they have....I do and I leave the building for the last time......we drive back to Tuanli and I am in time for my after dinner classes......wooo hoooo
Still don't have any money in my account and none until I get into Beijing where I can exchange it......works out that one of the young interns wants cash in foreign bills so she is not seen as leaving China with RMB's.....soooooooooo...I will give her the cash and she will give me the RMB's on Wednesday after payday...which is when I won't really need it
DON'T lose your source of income in China.....debit or Credit card.....unbe(swear word)lievable...
And that's where Geez comes in
How did you like my cute grand daughter?????Beauty eh????Good day eh??????
Biked all the way into Beijing today.....2 hours in and 2 hours back.....Jenny..the New Zealand girl who had joined the Mountain Bikers of Beijing (MOB sters) was going in so I thought I would go along with her.....left at 5:30 and left her school in Tongzhou at 6:00....were into Beijing at about 7:45...while there I went to CIS the other school and shot the breeze with one of the golfer teachers....Fred Savoy...we get along famously....then biked back.....
Took some pictures around here and hope to put them on the site as they are of the local market and the new school and hospital that is being built...
Talked all the family today..Mark was visiting Jennifer......all is well with everyone it seems....Jax and Jayda are growing and Kenzie is already bigger by a pound....cuter than her gramps.....have recieved orders for more purses and maybe golf clubs.....we shall see.....need to get my Skype camera working so that they can see me and not just me seeing them.....
Weather here is now turning hot.....and it will only get hotter......I am running in the morning now.....3 times a week so that at least is done when the heat is the least....may run in the 1/2 marathon or 10 k in the fall if I am still here.....
Am looking to work as a volunteer here.....Henry is looking into it for me....he may be able to get me some translation work.....sounds like a possibility.....
Looks like we will be joining the driving range.....about 12000 balls for 3000RMB and it will be split 4 ways.....750 each person....and I don't think I can even hit 3000 balls ... that is 30 trips to the driving range.....well it should help my golf.....or wear me out trying.....
Went out today just for a ride on the bike...wanted to just relax....no one else around..2 hours.....this place is amazing.....I actually found a place where there were hardly any people....a trail by the river.....there were some fishers....but after the long ride, found another city, just apartment on apartment on apartment for kilometres...I still get a lot of looks.....I am the foreigner and big time foreigner....was wearing a helmet, and some shorts.....lots of stares over that.....
Got SlingBox rehooked thanks to Mark...still no web camera...I think I will get a new web camera...the same one and then will have two cameras with the same startup disk for both of them....
Phoned the principal of the CIS school and let her know that I was interested in a position there....don't know how it will play out....who knows.....
Long week here....we will teach on Saturday and Sunday as if they were Tuesday and Thursday......go figure...... And guess what...now they have changed our Friday schedule to Monday...why because on Friday they had only 2 classes in the afternoon and then nothing for the students to do as most of them leave for the weekend....So Monday is a full day, including night classes soooooooo Friday got changed to a Monday. Confused...... in this cycle of 8 days we will have ......Mon, Tues, Wed Thurs, Mon, Tues, Thurs , Mon....and the last Monday is a test day......then a week off....until the final push to the year end in July.... the message on our bulletin board says "If today is Tuesday, what day is tomorrow?????"
Am still enjoying the place..
Am waiting to get my debit card..after that fiasco with the transfer...will be much more careful with this one....have a list of 10 things to do when I get it back...including some stuff to send home...gifts and all..
Going to post this now and will get another out with some pictures from around here, I hope.
Go Detroit Red Wings....yeahhhhhhh...we survived the first round. Jay it was the Denise Linton syndrome.......
I lost my debit card and my credit card had a wrong pin number..I had maxed out my money on Bank of China...so I needed some spending money
I had to fill out a form......another of their forms .........because on my form from this institution it said Darryl Ralph Walls and the debit card request had only Darryl Walls...wooo hhhooooo...and that just would not do
I phoned my credit union in Herbert...tiny Herbert.... not to be confused with large Beijing where the financial denizens of the world live....simple...we will either take out the money in US dollars or RMB.....well RMB didn't work so they sent it the first day in US dollars to Beijing.......2 days later (a Monday) it was in China....now the story gets good....I checked the ATM at the school daily until Thursday...no money had been transferred......so I went to the supposed accountant who really isn't....... at least not in most people's eyes...who said OH, you have to take this ( a paper written in Chinese ???????) to the bank and they will give you the money........brain surgeon material......
I contacted Eric the cab driver and asked if he would accompany me to the Agricultural Bank of China and help with any transactions that would be needed....on my lunch break...
I stood in line with my little piece of paper, which I assumed said $430 American had been transferred into my account and I would be able to access it....the lady swiped my card and it said it only had RMB12.89.......I knew that...but of course...I had to look foolish and after standing in line for 15 minutes, I was not impressed.....Translation......You will have to go to another Agricultural Bank where they do these transactions....
Next Bank......I forgot the little piece of paper.....so one of their guards brings a Western Union form to allow me to bring money in to China.......I said I already had it here......left the building a little pissed and just wanted to go back to the school.....We went and got the piece of paper...walked back to the ABC and talked to the teller....I had to sign a piece of paper...she made a copy of it....then sent another sheet through a machine......I think we were up to about 7 pieces of paper by then......then said I would have to take it in US dollars..because they can't convert it and put it in your account.....fine give me the cash....which she proceeds to withdraw from ...get this.....a sports bag that was sitting on the floor....I get 4 100s and a 20 and 2 5s.......yes... and I leave....that means I have to go to another bank where they will accept this money and change it to RMB and then transfer that $ into my account......a trip to Beijing.......we leave....after 15 steps outside the building, we are pursued by one of the secrity guards and he asks us to return so that we can fill out another form in the exact same from as on the sheer of paper that they have....I do and I leave the building for the last time......we drive back to Tuanli and I am in time for my after dinner classes......wooo hoooo
Still don't have any money in my account and none until I get into Beijing where I can exchange it......works out that one of the young interns wants cash in foreign bills so she is not seen as leaving China with RMB's.....soooooooooo...I will give her the cash and she will give me the RMB's on Wednesday after payday...which is when I won't really need it
DON'T lose your source of income in China.....debit or Credit card.....unbe(swear word)lievable...
And that's where Geez comes in
How did you like my cute grand daughter?????Beauty eh????Good day eh??????
Biked all the way into Beijing today.....2 hours in and 2 hours back.....Jenny..the New Zealand girl who had joined the Mountain Bikers of Beijing (MOB sters) was going in so I thought I would go along with her.....left at 5:30 and left her school in Tongzhou at 6:00....were into Beijing at about 7:45...while there I went to CIS the other school and shot the breeze with one of the golfer teachers....Fred Savoy...we get along famously....then biked back.....
Took some pictures around here and hope to put them on the site as they are of the local market and the new school and hospital that is being built...
Talked all the family today..Mark was visiting Jennifer......all is well with everyone it seems....Jax and Jayda are growing and Kenzie is already bigger by a pound....cuter than her gramps.....have recieved orders for more purses and maybe golf clubs.....we shall see.....need to get my Skype camera working so that they can see me and not just me seeing them.....
Weather here is now turning hot.....and it will only get hotter......I am running in the morning now.....3 times a week so that at least is done when the heat is the least....may run in the 1/2 marathon or 10 k in the fall if I am still here.....
Am looking to work as a volunteer here.....Henry is looking into it for me....he may be able to get me some translation work.....sounds like a possibility.....
Looks like we will be joining the driving range.....about 12000 balls for 3000RMB and it will be split 4 ways.....750 each person....and I don't think I can even hit 3000 balls ... that is 30 trips to the driving range.....well it should help my golf.....or wear me out trying.....
Went out today just for a ride on the bike...wanted to just relax....no one else around..2 hours.....this place is amazing.....I actually found a place where there were hardly any people....a trail by the river.....there were some fishers....but after the long ride, found another city, just apartment on apartment on apartment for kilometres...I still get a lot of looks.....I am the foreigner and big time foreigner....was wearing a helmet, and some shorts.....lots of stares over that.....
Got SlingBox rehooked thanks to Mark...still no web camera...I think I will get a new web camera...the same one and then will have two cameras with the same startup disk for both of them....
Phoned the principal of the CIS school and let her know that I was interested in a position there....don't know how it will play out....who knows.....
Long week here....we will teach on Saturday and Sunday as if they were Tuesday and Thursday......go figure...... And guess what...now they have changed our Friday schedule to Monday...why because on Friday they had only 2 classes in the afternoon and then nothing for the students to do as most of them leave for the weekend....So Monday is a full day, including night classes soooooooo Friday got changed to a Monday. Confused...... in this cycle of 8 days we will have ......Mon, Tues, Wed Thurs, Mon, Tues, Thurs , Mon....and the last Monday is a test day......then a week off....until the final push to the year end in July.... the message on our bulletin board says "If today is Tuesday, what day is tomorrow?????"
Am still enjoying the place..
Am waiting to get my debit card..after that fiasco with the transfer...will be much more careful with this one....have a list of 10 things to do when I get it back...including some stuff to send home...gifts and all..
Going to post this now and will get another out with some pictures from around here, I hope.
Go Detroit Red Wings....yeahhhhhhh...we survived the first round. Jay it was the Denise Linton syndrome.......
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